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Blood Test for Volatile Chemicals

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 84600

A laboratory test that measures volatile chemicals — substances such as solvents that evaporate readily — in a blood or other body sample. It is used when exposure to or poisoning by such a substance is suspected.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Test for Volatile Chemicals cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.80$13.49 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$14.45 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $100Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $14

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$22.39
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 48th of 51

$13.80

SD $33.11DC $12.88

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.